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    How Wi-Fi Carries Your Data

    Your whole digital life pours through the air on invisible radio waves. This short course explains how: Wi-Fi is radio (the same family as light, just lower frequency), how 1s and 0s get encoded onto a wave (modulation), why 2.4 GHz reaches farther while 5 GHz is faster, and why a network full of busy devices slows to a crawl because everyone is sharing the same airtime.

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    By Cole O'Connell

    Beginner
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    Bite-sized
    How Wi-Fi Carries Your Data
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    5 lessons

    ~40m

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    Published Jul 2026

    About this course

    Your whole digital life pours through the air on invisible radio waves. This short course explains how: Wi-Fi is radio (the same family as light, just lower frequency), how 1s and 0s get encoded onto a wave (modulation), why 2.4 GHz reaches farther while 5 GHz is faster, and why a network full of busy devices slows to a crawl because everyone is sharing the same airtime.

    What you'll learn

    • Explain that Wi-Fi is radio waves on the electromagnetic spectrum
    • Explain how data is encoded onto a carrier wave (modulation)
    • Explain the 2.4 GHz vs 5 GHz range-versus-speed trade-off
    • Explain how devices share a channel and why congestion slows a network

    Prerequisites

    • • Curiosity about everyday science — no physics background needed

    Curriculum (5 lessons)

    The Lessons

    • Data Riding on Radio Waves
    • Putting 1s and 0s on a Wave (Modulation)
    • 2.4 vs 5 GHz: Range Against Speed
    • How Devices Share the Air

    Final Check

    • Final Check: How Wi-Fi Carries Your Data

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